Marrying a rich man after rebirth: The daily life of a legitimate daughter

He Shulan stood up and spoke slowly, her clear voice mixed with some joy: "I have been married to the Prince's Mansion for more than ten days, and I just met you all today." Then she waved her hand behind her and said: "This is the gift I prepared for you all."

Nanny Chen led Chunxia and Qiudong to give red envelopes to the servants in the Prince's Mansion.

Seeing that the Princess was kind and gave a lot of red envelopes, the servants were no longer as nervous as before. They smiled relaxedly and talked more: "Thank you, Princess."

After Nanny Chen handed out the red envelopes, He Shulan continued, "Please pay more attention to the affairs of the mansion in the future. If there is anything in the mansion, you can come to me or find the head nanny in my courtyard."

The servants smiled and nodded.

He Shulan wanted to know the situation in the mansion, so she sat there and chatted with the servants intentionally or unintentionally.

From the servants' scattered words, I learned why Li Wanrong was pushed into the task of managing the servants in the mansion. It turned out that she didn't know how to manage the affairs of the rear house.

Speaking of Li Wanrong, the steward of the Prince's Mansion was full of resentment: "Not only does Aunt Li not know how to manage the harem, she also doesn't understand the ways of the world. Last time when the Minister of Rites' youngest son got married, the Prince asked Li Wanrong to take the Guanyin statue from the storehouse as a gift. As a result, Aunt Li was reluctant to give it away, so she prepared 1,000 taels of silver and sent it to the Minister of Rites' mansion. When the Prince found out, he was furious. Aunt Li pushed all the blame on me. If it weren't for the old lady stepping in, I would no longer be in the Prince's Mansion."

He Shulan did not make any judgment on what Li Wanrong did: "The prince only gave me the task of managing the servants in the mansion. I have not taken over the affairs of the harem yet. If you encounter such a thing in the future, you can tell me and I will let the old lady make the decision."

The servants, who were originally very happy, became silent. They thought that He Shulan had taken the power of managing the family from Li Wanrong and they would no longer have to look at Li Wanrong's face in the future. However, they did not expect that the power of managing the family was still in Li Wanrong's hands.

The servants felt relieved, thinking that they would have a place to complain if anything happened in the future.

After understanding the situation, He Shulan stopped keeping the servants in the yard and said, "It's getting late, everyone go to work first."

In an instant, the crowded yard became empty.

Nanny Chen walked in front of He Shulan and said, "I'm afraid the prince doesn't know what the servants said in front of the princess."

"Even if the prince knows about these things, he will not easily take back the power of the family from Li Wanrong. After all, the prince's heart is with Li Wanrong." Having said this, He Shulan did not continue with Li Wanrong's matter: "Go to the major rice shops in the capital and buy a few hundred kilograms of rice."

"Why do you need to buy so much rice?" Nanny Chen asked puzzledly, "There is rice to eat in the Prince's Mansion, so there is no need to buy it."

He Shulan remembered that soon there would be a flood in the south, and a large number of victims would pour into the capital, causing a shortage of food. The price of food would soar, and the price would be comparable to gold. She didn't know how to explain to Nanny Chen that this hadn't happened yet: "Just do as I say, and you'll know later."

Nanny Chen was tactful enough not to ask any questions. She took the silver from He Shulan and went to buy rice.

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Li Wanrong came to the cloth shop and looked at the account book. After deducting the expenses, she made 10,000 taels of silver. She frowned and asked the shop manager, "Why did you only make so little?"

The manager replied, "We made several thousand taels more than the previous few months. It costs a lot of freight to ship expensive cloth to the capital, and the cloth shop not only sells cloth, but also makes ready-made clothes, which takes a lot of time. It's already very good to make so much money."

Li Wanrong was indeed very dissatisfied. The Prince's Mansion had more than twenty shops on the most prosperous street in the capital, eight of which were rented out and the rest were operated by the Prince's Mansion. After deducting expenses, the maximum profit each shop could get was no more than 20,000 taels per month.

Adding up, there are about 200,000 taels of silver. It sounds like a lot, but the Prince's Mansion has many servants and high expenses. This amount of silver is just enough to cover the expenses, and there is not much left every month: "In the future, you don't need to buy such expensive cloth. Buy some cheaper cloth and sell it. The price is still the same."

The manager's heart skipped a beat, and his face became a little panicked: "No, the people who come to the shop to buy cloth are all dignitaries in the capital. If we pass inferior goods off as good ones, if we are found out, not only will we lose our business, but we will also cause trouble for the Prince's Mansion."

Li Wanrong didn't care. In her eyes, earning money was the most important thing: "If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know that the cloth sold to the nobles is cheap."

"The noble ladies and young ladies in the capital have sharper eyes than anyone else. Whether the fabric is good or not can be concealed from them for a while, but not forever."

Li Wanrong had made up her mind not to continue arguing with the steward about this matter: "Just do as I say. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility."

The steward opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. She had worked with Li Wanrong for so long, and she knew very well what kind of person she was. If something went wrong, Li Wanrong would definitely push the blame away. However, the power of the Prince's Mansion was in Li Wanrong's hands, so it was useless for her to object: "Got it."

Li Wanrong took the silver, gave the account book to the manager, left the cloth shop and went to the snack shop.

The snacks in the shop are relatively expensive and ordinary people cannot afford them. Only rich people or people who have entered well-off families come to buy them.

The manager of the dim sum shop gave the account book and this month's income to Li Wanrong.

The dim sum shop earned 25,000 taels of silver this month. Li Wanrong nodded in satisfaction: "This month's work is good. I think we can cut costs."

"Please tell me how to reduce costs, Aunt Li."

Li Wanrong glanced at the detailed expenditures: "You don't need such expensive flour to make dim sum. Just buy some cheap flour. The store is located in a busy area, so the price of dim sum will remain the same."

The manager's face changed. "How can that be? The dim sum shop has been operating in the capital for many years and has always had a good reputation. We have many old customers who come to buy dim sum regularly. It's okay if you don't use expensive flour, but you have to lower the price. Otherwise, it will cause dissatisfaction among others and old customers will not come to buy dim sum anymore."

These words were the same as what the cloth shop manager said. Li Wanrong was impatient after hearing them and stopped explaining patiently: "I am the boss of the Prince's Mansion. You should do whatever I tell you to do. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

The manager wanted to continue arguing with Li Wanrong, but was stopped by a clerk beside him: "Don't go against Aunt Li. If she gets upset, what if she fires you?"

The manager swallowed the words that were about to come to his mouth. He had a family to support, and if he left the snack shop, he would lose his source of income.

He Shulan took the silver and left the dim sum shop. She stood on the street and looked at the busy streets. There were more than one cloth shop and dim sum shop. By reducing the cost, she could earn several times more than now.